Wave (Sign 2)

Phonetics:

/weɪv/

Meanings:

verb

Definition: To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.

Example: The flag waved in the gentle breeze.

Definition: To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.

Definition: (metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.

Example: I waved goodbye from across the room.

Definition: To have an undulating or wavy form.

Definition: To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.

Definition: To produce waves to the hair.

Definition: To swing and miss at a pitch.

Example: Jones waves at strike one.

Definition: To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.

Example: The starter waved the flag to begin the race.

Definition: (metonymic) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.

Definition: To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.

Definition: To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.

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